Thousands of students in Monterey County are marching across graduation stages this week. Each student has a different story of growing up. Each student has different dreams of where they want to be in 2018.

One particular 2017 graduate, Gonzales High School valedictorian Cecilia Trujillo, has an incredibly inspiring story.

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She was accepted into 13 universities, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford. She will be heading to Harvard University in the fall with a full-ride scholarship, and plans to major in applied mathematics.

Trujillo was born in King City and comes from a migrant family. Her father, Jose, is a tractor driver and her mother, Veronica, worked in the fields. Her parents speak very little English.

Trujillo attended Chualar Elementary School between preschool and 8th grade. She was classified as an English language learner when she first enrolled in the tiny farm town's only school.

By the time she was in 3rd grade, she was fluent in English.

Trujillo enjoyed learning the English language so much that she represented her school in the Monterey County Spelling Bee in 2013 as a 6th-grader, and won.

The soft-spoken student set big goals for herself. She took night classes at Hartnell College to earn AP credits.

"As an 8th grader, I wanted to be Chualar Elementary School's valedictorian, and I was," Trujillo said. "As a senior in Gonzales High School, I focused on that same goal, and have accomplished it."

This weekend, she will be graduating from Gonzales High with a 4.5 GPA.

Her parents are proud of their stellar scholar.

"As parents, we are very proud to see Cecilia achieve academic success throughout her schooling," her mother said. "She has always been committed and driven to achieve the educational goals she set out for herself, by staying at home and always doing schoolwork. We will miss her dearly at Harvard, but we know this is her calling in life, and we will be fully supporting her."

Trujillo will be speaking at Gonzales High School's graduation this Saturday, June 10, at 10 a.m. at 501 Fifth St.